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…let’s figure out the other major mystery of the 70s: Who is Carly Simon singing about?
June 9, 2005
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“The closest Simon has come to pinning down her source material was in an interview in 1989. She reportedly acknowledged that the song is partly about Beatty, but he was just part of a composite of three men she knew while living in Los Angeles. In an interview with Charlie Rose in 2000, Simon noted that, “Most songs are a composite,” although she didn’t elaborate on who the other two men might be.”
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“The closest Simon has come to pinning down her source material was in an interview in 1989. She reportedly acknowledged that the song is partly about Beatty, but he was just part of a composite of three men she knew while living in Los Angeles. In an interview with Charlie Rose in 2000, Simon noted that, “Most songs are a composite,” although she didn’t elaborate on who the other two men might be.”